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Design Discourse - Composing and Revising Programs in Professional and Technical Writing, 2010a

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<strong>Compos<strong>in</strong>g</strong> a Proposal<br />

The proposal outl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the option <strong>in</strong> professional <strong>and</strong> technical writ<strong>in</strong>g<br />

for our current master’s program rema<strong>in</strong>s on my office computer <strong>and</strong> archived<br />

on my back-up flash-drive. I’ve shown a pr<strong>in</strong>ted copy to a few of my newly tenured<br />

colleagues <strong>and</strong> halfheartedly suggested they beg<strong>in</strong> shepherd<strong>in</strong>g it through<br />

our department <strong>and</strong> college curriculum process—lest the momentum ga<strong>in</strong>ed for<br />

the idea is lost dur<strong>in</strong>g the next three years.<br />

So far, no one has taken up the offer.<br />

appendix a: the orig<strong>in</strong>al rfp<br />

Council of Graduate Schools<br />

<strong>Professional</strong> Master’s Program <strong>in</strong> the Social Sciences <strong>and</strong> Humanities<br />

Request for Proposal<br />

July 28, 2003<br />

The Council of Graduate Schools [CSG] <strong>in</strong>vites proposals for plann<strong>in</strong>g grants to support<br />

the needs assessment <strong>and</strong> development of professional master’s degree programs <strong>in</strong><br />

the social science <strong>and</strong> humanities fields (PSSHM). <strong>Professional</strong> master’s degree programs<br />

prepare graduates for non-academic employment that serves local or regional workforce<br />

needs rather than for doctoral study.<br />

For the past two years, CGS has supported the development of professional master’s programs<br />

<strong>in</strong> science <strong>and</strong> mathematics fields (see www.sciencemasters.com). With support<br />

from the Ford Foundation, CGS recently conducted a survey of master’s education <strong>in</strong><br />

the social sciences that generated <strong>in</strong>terest among social science <strong>and</strong> humanities discipl<strong>in</strong>ary<br />

societies for a collaborative research <strong>and</strong> demonstration project that assesses the need<br />

for <strong>and</strong> promis<strong>in</strong>g models of professional master’s programs. The CGS/Ford program<br />

will provide grants to CGS members to participate <strong>in</strong> this <strong>in</strong>itiative.<br />

Eligibility<br />

All CGS member <strong>in</strong>stitutions that meet the follow<strong>in</strong>g criteria are eligible to participate<br />

<strong>in</strong> this program:<br />

• The <strong>in</strong>stitution must have a track record of admitt<strong>in</strong>g students to master’s degree<br />

programs <strong>in</strong> the general discipl<strong>in</strong>es specified for the project, rather than offer<strong>in</strong>g<br />

master’s degrees only to students admitted to doctoral programs, but who do not<br />

complete the doctoral degree.<br />

• The <strong>in</strong>stitution <strong>and</strong> participat<strong>in</strong>g departments must have adopted strategic goals<br />

that are consistent with develop<strong>in</strong>g PSSHM programs that respond to non-academic<br />

employment needs. Letters of endorsement from department chairs <strong>and</strong><br />

adm<strong>in</strong>istrative officials (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g the graduate dean <strong>and</strong> chief academic officer)<br />

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